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ACKNOWLEDGE.

The OSCA Board of Directors would like to gratefully acknowledge that our
tours take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the
Sylix People of the Okanagan Nation Alliance.

Meadowlark Vaseux Lake Woodpeckers and Indigenous Knowledge tour-35

EXPERIENCE.

Hiking, Cycling, Canoeing, Bird Watching, Art Walks, Film
Screenings, Writing Sessions, Photography Workshops and More!

DISCOVER.

Immerse yourself in the natural beauty and diversity of the Okanagan
and Similkameen valleys from our unique desert and wetland marshes
to our grassland hills and alpine meadows.

EXPLORE.

Join prominent naturalists, painters, biologists, writers, ecologists,
geologists, Aboriginal cultural leaders, photographers, and
conservationists for engaging and entertaining guided tours

2024 Volunteer Here

All Online Ticket Sales are Now Closed!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to an incredible 2024 Meadowlark Nature Festival.

This year’s festival included over 50 hiking, biking, walking, kayaking, and trail-riding tours, all with an ecological or cultural focus led by incredible local mentors and conservation partners. Our amazing team of tour volunteers helped everyone stay organized and safe on the trails.

Join us again next year in the beautiful Okanagan-Similkameen over the May long weekend to experience many favourite tours and new adventures.

Join us next year May 15th -19th, 2025

2024 Festival Highlights

Thursday, May 16^th

Celebrating Conservation through Film at our first Meadowlark Movie Night. Our 2024 Festival will open with the opportunity to gather, learn and engage with the important work of local and BC film producers.

The Dream Café, Penticton

Sunday, May 19^th

We are excited to have as our 2024 Keynote Speaker, Bob McDonald, host of CBC radio’s Quirks and Quarks program. Plan to rendezvous with your Meadowlark Festival community for our annual evening social. Bob will explore with us the topic of his new book “The Future is Now” a solutions-based response to our planet’s climate crisis.

Venables Theatre, Oliver

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Welcome to this year’s feature artist, Anne-Marie Harvey. A self-taught artist, Anne-Marie brings a lifetime of experience exploring and painting the beauty of British Columbia and the Yukon. Now residing in Naramata, Anne Marie finds great joy in mentoring and teaching. Always the storyteller, Anne-Marie paints everyday interactions in Nature and captures “the grandeur of the ordinary“ in all her work. Anne Marie will create this year’s signature original artwork and host plein air painting workshop as part of the 2024 Festival.

Friday, May 17^th

Join our feature artist, Anne-Marie Harvey, for the PAG exhibit opening that will showcase her Meadowlark Festival signature painting and additional pieces of work. Artist’s Talk to follow on Saturday, May 18^th.

Penticton Art Gallery

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Featured Artwork of Anne-Marie Harvey!

2024 MNF Limited Edition Giclee Prints Available Now!

Sold Out!

More Information On Our Featured Artist

MNFNEWS

The Meadowlark Nature Festival is pleased to announce that our guest speaker for the 2025 version of the Meadowlark Rendezvous Evening will be the award-winning host of CBC’s “What of Earth” – Laura Lynch.

Ms. Lynch grew up here in the Okanagan and is excited about the opportunity to return and reprise some of her childhood memories of the Valley.

On May 17, 2025, Ms. Lynch will bring her decades of journalism experience to the beautiful Venables Theatre in Oliver, to talk to our eager audience about what they need to know about climate change, its challenges, and solutions. Her national radio program regularly high-lights successes that small towns and small organisations have had in the fight against climate change. We look forward to hearing how those success stories might apply here, locally, in the Okanagan.

Tickets for her presentation and for the rest of the Meadowlark Nature Festival tours will go on sale in April of 2025, but you should mark your calendars now for a great Rendezvous with friends and an hour with Laura Lynch and her positive vision for our planet’s future.

2024 Online Auction Ended - Thanks to those who participated!

MNF 2024 Guest Speaker Page

2024 Online Auction

More information coming soon!

Go There Now

Adopt-A-Tour 2023

Adopting Tours Are Now Available!

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Raffle Tickets On Sale Now!

2024 Festival Highlights

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First Place Winner – June 1, 2022

The Meadowlark Nature Festival is pleased to announce the Winner of the WestJet Trip for two anywhere WestJet Flies.

1st Place Winner is Don Gayton – pictured left, receiving his WestJet certificate from Paul Lockington – Meadowlark Festival Program Coordinator

2nd Place Winner – June 1, 2022

The Meadowlark Nature Festival is pleased to announce the Winner of the Top Flight Elite Scenic Valley Canyon Tour for 4

2nd Place Winner is Ralf Aggarwal – pictured left, receiving his Top Flight certificate from Paul Lockington, Meadowlark Nature Festival Program Coordinator

3rd Place Winner – June 1, 2022

The Meadowlark Nature Festival is pleased to announce the Winner of the Lyse Deselliers Limited Edition Print (1 of 20) with framing certificate from Tumbleweed Gallery Penticton

3rd Place Winner is Monique Kuehn pictured left, receiving her print from Paul Lockington -Meadowlark Festival Program Coordinator

Our Sponsors

Thank you Sponsors!!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to an incredible 2024 Meadowlark Nature Festival.

Join us next year May 15th -19th, 2025

2024 Festival Highlights

Thursday, May 16th

Sunday, May 19th

Friday, May 17th

Featured Artwork of Anne-Marie Harvey!

2024 Festival Highlights

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Thursday, May 16^th

Sunday, May 19^th

Friday, May 17^th